Fence



( o Model.)

W. H. BOGGS.

FENCE.

No. 313,848. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

lllllllla' ATTORNEY UNITED Sra'rns TENT FFICE.

WILLIAM H. BOGGS, OF GOVINGTON, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,848, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed August 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Boees, of Covington, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fences; and it has for its objectsto construct the fence in such manner that the entire fence can be built at the shops and readily put up and supported in the field, and which can be secured to the supporting-posts and raised to any desired height to leave a space below through which stock may pass from field to field, and to accommodate the fence to irregularities in the surface of the field, as more fully hereinafter set forth. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved fence; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section taken on the line a" a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 an elevation of the fence in an elevated position.

The letter A indicates the fence, which is composed of two horizontal bars, a a, pivoted at their opposite ends to the uprights b by means of bolts or pins 0 in such manner that they may be raised at one end, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to afford a passage for stock, or can be taken down entirely, leaving a clear passage for vehicles,wl1en desired. Between the bars a a, extending from the uprights and secured to the same, are arranged the horizontal strands of wire, (I, which may be barbed or plain, and which move with the sections when the same are elevated or depressed.

The panels are arranged in pairs, and their adjacent ends are detachably secured to the braces O and D by the draw-pins E and E, respectively. The lower ends of the braces O are bolted to the perforated heads h of the stakes G, the points of which are driven in the ground. The said braces incline downward and outward from their upper ends. The braces D each consist of two strips, the inner ends, 6, of which abut against the uprights I), and an intermediate strip, k, which projects between said uprights and has passing through it the pin E on the side of the fence opposite the ends 1', which act as shoulders. The two outer strips of the braces extend outward on each side of the brace O, and are connected thereto by the draw-pin G.

The fence may be composedof any number of sections connected together, as above described, the end sections being detachably secured to posts 13, planted or otherwise secured in the ground at each end of the fence. As thus constructed it will be seen that the sections can be readily set up and supported in position, and that as the sections can be raised at any angle the fence may be readily put up on an irregular as well as a flat field surface, and also that by detaching the drawpin-i forming the brace-connections any of the fence-sections may be elevated so as to afford free passage to the stock at any portion of the fence; or the fence may be taken down entirely by detaching ,it at its ends from the post to afford a free passage for wagons, thus dispensing with the gates and removable bars generally employed for such purposes. The ends of the uprights which are not secured to the vertical posts may be made to set up on flat stones or other supports laid in suitable positions for the purpose.

I am aware that fences have been constructed of sections rigidly supported between posts and strengthened by braces at one side of the fence, and this I do not claim, broadly; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the fence-sections and the posts permanently fastened in the ground, of the braces O, secured to the uprights I) by the draw-bars E, and bolted to the heads of the stakes G, and the braces D, se-

cured against the uprights b by the pins E and shoulder i, and having their outer parallel arms connected to braces C- by the pins G, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BOGGS.

WVitnesses:

T. S. MoGINNIs, D. J. MARTIN. 

